Effect of a Single Carbon Emission Is Felt Within 10 Years

December 3, 2014 3:56 PM

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A recent study claims that the warming of the climate caused by the effect of a single carbon emission is felt within 10 years at its maximum potential.

The study was made by Ken Caldeira and Katharine Ricke from the Carnegie Institution for Science and is the first of its kind to analyze the time it takes to feel the maximum effect caused by a single emission of carbon. The study rejects the popular belief that emissions caused today will not be fe...